Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1501
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1502
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1503
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1504
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1505
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1506
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1507
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1508
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1509
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1510
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1511
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1512
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1513
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1514
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1515
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1516
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1517
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1518
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1519
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1520
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1521
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1522
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1523
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1524
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1525
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min